Wednesday, May 12, 2004

F'ville eyes 108-acre Redwine Rd. expansion Property owners of four parcels south of Fayetteville off Redwine Road have filed paperwork to request annexation into the city as part of a 94-home subdivision. Developer Bob Rolader has submitted plans to the city indicating that the 108-plus acre tract would include an eight acre park with walking trails that would be deeded to the city and a significant amount of greenspace, said Jahnee Prince, Fayetteville’s director of planning and zoning. The request will be discussed by the Fayette County Commission at its regular meeting Thursday night at 7 p.m.. Rolader is seeking an R-40 zoning with a conservation designation so the lot size can be smaller than one acre each to accommodate adding the park and green space, Prince said. The property is zoned agriculture-residential but the county has it earmarked for 1-2 acre lots on its future land use map, Prince added. Because the lot size proposed by Rolader would be less than one acre, it could not be developed in the county since there is no sewer access there, Prince noted. A minimum lot size of one acre is required to use a septic system, according to state environmental regulations. The parcels are located off Redwine Road near Old Senoia and Hawn Roads, Prince said. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission was slated to discuss the annexation request at its workshop meeting Tuesday night. The listed property owners of the parcels are Chester Plunkett, Tabitha Main, Mildred Snead and Fred Fowler. County officials will have the option Thursday night of accepting the annexation request or voting to formally object to the annexation and rezoning. The county does have a conservation subdivision rezoning category, but does not have sewer availability for the smaller lots.